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this is not differ from the bush a ministration, but it is certainly differenn than what obama promised. guess what, increasing government involvement in the economy does not close the revolving door. it makes a spin faster. gerri: let's talk about another example that has existed for decades and decades. you have written about it. if you are a company in. gerri: and i just want government to leave me alone, then don't go get these special loans to do business. tell us your objection? >> this is a government agency. it sounds like it's a bank. it basically lends money to foreign buyers or guarantees loans so that they will buy american goods. now, 82 percent of the loan guarantees that export import bank made last year guaranteed sales. gerri: one company. >> the biggest guys will not just give most of the money. they will dominate. when you increase government role in the economy is does not help the small guy that the democrats. this helps the big guy who can hire the former administration staffers, the former senator's as a lobbyist. so most of the money they spend some 80 percent of
this is not differ from the bush a ministration, but it is certainly differenn than what obama promised. guess what, increasing government involvement in the economy does not close the revolving door. it makes a spin faster. gerri: let's talk about another example that has existed for decades and decades. you have written about it. if you are a company in. gerri: and i just want government to leave me alone, then don't go get these special loans to do business. tell us your objection? >>...
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will both sides seem willing to avoid an economic disaster by extending the bush tax cuts and why do republicans insist so much on protecting the rates on the rich >> regarding the language we use often about this issue. why don't republicans pay their fair share in offends. i hijacked your graphics department to show you why that offends them. the percentage of income tax by those we call the very richest of the rich, the top 1%, those that make over $340,000, they pay 36% of our total federal income tax, if we drop that to people who make above $150,000, the top 5%, you can see they pay about 59% of the total federal taxes. >> what level, what income level? >> top 5% which is about 153,000 so when you say pay your fair share. what is fair. that doesn't look very fair to me. that looks disordinantly heavy burden on the rich, fine. the second reason republicans say i'm not excited about raising taxes on anyone, including the rich, the possible detrimental effect. the cbo suggested just that highest portion, those who make over 250,000 could cost 200,000 jobs over the last year. ernst
will both sides seem willing to avoid an economic disaster by extending the bush tax cuts and why do republicans insist so much on protecting the rates on the rich >> regarding the language we use often about this issue. why don't republicans pay their fair share in offends. i hijacked your graphics department to show you why that offends them. the percentage of income tax by those we call the very richest of the rich, the top 1%, those that make over $340,000, they pay 36% of our total...
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it's not bush's deficit. 161 billion, we had all the tax cuts in place. thankfully, we have the prescription drug coverage. gerri: is that obama for another four years? what's going to happen next? >> we will either get a deal and there will be some tax increases, but real spending reductions or some of these only reductions that the president likes to cook up, is he going to and the war for the 11th time? gerri: he scored twice. my real question was, what would happen to the debt president got reelected? we have $5.6 trillion in the last administration, will we get another 5.6 trillion? >> i think we will get another five or $6 trillion. if we cut the deficit now about doing the things we need to do to undo the mess so the economy can grow, we will go into a recession. so once you cut the deficit, you lose it all right there. that is exactly what's going to happen. gerri: the economy really matters. not just for the people putting food on the table, but also whether the federal government can operate in. the cbo has said that if we go over the fiscal cli
it's not bush's deficit. 161 billion, we had all the tax cuts in place. thankfully, we have the prescription drug coverage. gerri: is that obama for another four years? what's going to happen next? >> we will either get a deal and there will be some tax increases, but real spending reductions or some of these only reductions that the president likes to cook up, is he going to and the war for the 11th time? gerri: he scored twice. my real question was, what would happen to the debt...
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then, i see the bushes and i'm into the bushes, luckily. >> hans sounds worse than his injuries actually are. the bushes provide a nice, soft, landing spot. >> had that been pure rocks or a shelf or something, coy have died. people have died in that situation before me. >> he's so happy to be alive. but as the pain of his broken leg sets in, so does a whole range of emotions. >> i was so angry and so lucky in one moment. [ bleep ]. i was very angry because it was a lack of concentration. i don't think i said so many swearing words in a row. >> hans' anger is short-lived. a rescue helicopter is on the way. as he lays in his makeshift bed of bushes, he tries to make some sense of what happened to him. at first hans is having what he thinks is a great flight. but as he carves his way around the mountain, seemingly flying, it's on this turn that he says he makes an almost deadly mistake. >> the major error was that i was flying too close to the mountain. >> so close that when he tries to correct the mistake by deploying his parachute, he doesn't have room to turn himself around away from the
then, i see the bushes and i'm into the bushes, luckily. >> hans sounds worse than his injuries actually are. the bushes provide a nice, soft, landing spot. >> had that been pure rocks or a shelf or something, coy have died. people have died in that situation before me. >> he's so happy to be alive. but as the pain of his broken leg sets in, so does a whole range of emotions. >> i was so angry and so lucky in one moment. [ bleep ]. i was very angry because it was a lack...
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bush that read my lips at the republican national convention. i was on the floor when it happened. a few years later, the democrats convinced him that if you let us raise taxes, we will have an equal amount of cuts in the government. taxes took place or cuts never really got there. i would hope that we are careful with this that we have going on right now to make sure that we are not raising taxes on middle-class and obamacare is the largest tax increase on the middle class. they said we are going to lose 800,000 jobs in americbecause of this. restaurants are putting surcharges on meals. i talked to the president last night and he believes at least 10% of his members will go out of business here in mississippi. gerri: is absolutely tragic fo some businesses. we have ceos talking about how they're going to fire people, i want you to talk about something very specific about this. a lot of talk about sequestration. this would impact states severely, and it would hit mississippi pretty darn hard. 7.6% mississippi, only 6.6 nationwide. would he make of that? how important is it that we
bush that read my lips at the republican national convention. i was on the floor when it happened. a few years later, the democrats convinced him that if you let us raise taxes, we will have an equal amount of cuts in the government. taxes took place or cuts never really got there. i would hope that we are careful with this that we have going on right now to make sure that we are not raising taxes on middle-class and obamacare is the largest tax increase on the middle class. they said we are...
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making a presentation base the republicans are trying to see would will blink over extensions of the bush operation upper income tax cuts. the president says raising those taxes and corporate taxes would account for half the money needed to avoid the automatic tax hikes and spending cuts the fiscal cliff is made up. he turned the question around warning against letting taxes go up on the middle class. >> what doesn't make sense. our economy can't afford that right now. certainly no middle class family can afford that right now. nobody in either party says they want it to happen. >>reporter: the president begins talks with congressional leaders on friday and they have until the end of the year to reach an agreement. >>shepard: paula broadwell who had an affair with general petraeus admitted she took documents from secure government buildings. you may recall the day before yesterday the agents spent four hours searching her home in charlotte, after the reporters were told the investigation was over and then suddenly there was this. we will report, you decide. they left with move a dozen fil
making a presentation base the republicans are trying to see would will blink over extensions of the bush operation upper income tax cuts. the president says raising those taxes and corporate taxes would account for half the money needed to avoid the automatic tax hikes and spending cuts the fiscal cliff is made up. he turned the question around warning against letting taxes go up on the middle class. >> what doesn't make sense. our economy can't afford that right now. certainly no middle...
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hinting they may be open to a compromise that raises revenue but many are still firm they won't let bush-era tax cuts expire for the wealthiest americans. >> i would be very much opposed to raising tax rates but i do believe we can close a lot of loop holes. >> reporter: democrats say just closing loop holes and limiting deductions is not enough to make a dent in the nation's $16 trillion deficit. >> you've got to raise additional revenues, including tax rates on the wealthy. those have to go up. they have to go up. >> reporter: but many republicans believe the best way to close the gap is reform entitlement programs like social security and medicare. democrats aren't on board yet. >> my concern about raising that medicare retirement age is there will be gaps in coverage or coverage that's way too expensive for seniors to purchase. >> reporter: and with the fiscal cliff looming, white house economists are warning shoppers concerned about a tax increase pay not spend as much this holiday season. danielle -- nottingham, cbs news. >>> investors are worried the strong start to the holiday shoppi
hinting they may be open to a compromise that raises revenue but many are still firm they won't let bush-era tax cuts expire for the wealthiest americans. >> i would be very much opposed to raising tax rates but i do believe we can close a lot of loop holes. >> reporter: democrats say just closing loop holes and limiting deductions is not enough to make a dent in the nation's $16 trillion deficit. >> you've got to raise additional revenues, including tax rates on the wealthy....
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presidency and it is certainly not affordable now, those bush tax cuts. the problem is if you only get rid of the tax cuts for the rich, it doesn't raise that much revenue. big money is in those middle class tax cuts. that's why i think, unfortunately, we have to get rid of all of them eventually. maybe not on january 1st but certainly in the near future. >> listen, i don't like the tax hike heereither. but it bears repeating, the president's tax plan is about six to eight days of government operating income. that's it. it is not going to do anything really. dan, that aside, you think bad idea, don't raise taxes on anybody. >> actually, i agree with david in the sense that if you don't do anything to control this ever growing government which expanded under bush, now it is continuing to expand under obama, then, yes, sooner or later you're going to have to grab the middle class by the throat and choke them because there aren't enough rich people to finance big bloated government. that's why i'm standing in london. reason that they had these big value adde
presidency and it is certainly not affordable now, those bush tax cuts. the problem is if you only get rid of the tax cuts for the rich, it doesn't raise that much revenue. big money is in those middle class tax cuts. that's why i think, unfortunately, we have to get rid of all of them eventually. maybe not on january 1st but certainly in the near future. >> listen, i don't like the tax hike heereither. but it bears repeating, the president's tax plan is about six to eight days of...
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. >> you could say he has approved more permit applications than the bush administration but oil production on federal land is up and he did not screw that up. he is opposed to the hydraulic fracturing but so far he held a benign position. in this senate he voted for the law that exempted hydro fracturing from those laws now they're trying to repeal those in the administration will not back them. john: it sounds like he did it but it was people discovering new ways of. >> george mitchell spent over a decade to figure out ways to improve on hydraulic fracturing and hit the jackpot. in 2006 everyone believe natural-gas prices would only go higher dow dupont moved people to believe there would never come down some people say they know the energy future remember that even of the revolution of hydro-fracking everybody was betting on high prices. even corporations spent hundreds of millions to bet they would skyrocket then it it cratered. the crystal ball is not always correct. john: or sympathetic to the president but he said he will keep doing what he has been doing a. >> building wind turbines
. >> you could say he has approved more permit applications than the bush administration but oil production on federal land is up and he did not screw that up. he is opposed to the hydraulic fracturing but so far he held a benign position. in this senate he voted for the law that exempted hydro fracturing from those laws now they're trying to repeal those in the administration will not back them. john: it sounds like he did it but it was people discovering new ways of. >> george...
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a lot of people don't like to get george bush credit. he took poor people off the roles. >> bob: first, myself, i have given bush credit for doing that. in every tax bill we have. the wealthiest people in america continue to get cuts, cut, cuts. why do we have income disparity in country? rich getting richer. >> andrea: how are they getting cuts? >> eric: because -- >> bob: i told you. reagan cut and -- >> eric: talk aboutbe what this is. this is, first, does nine find it strange that tim geithner delivered the proposal? he is in charge of the i.r.s. and people paying taxes. >> dana: except for himself. >> eric: but he is in charge of the policy and the delivery and not negotiating. hold on. here is what it is. president obama saying i will ignore all of your requests. they are all mine on the table. you supposed to come back, the republicans and be, bring something to the negotiating table. it's ridiculous. >> eric: this is a negotiating point. >> bob: i want to know the increase in the upper tax rate bothers you so much. >> dana: it's
a lot of people don't like to get george bush credit. he took poor people off the roles. >> bob: first, myself, i have given bush credit for doing that. in every tax bill we have. the wealthiest people in america continue to get cuts, cut, cuts. why do we have income disparity in country? rich getting richer. >> andrea: how are they getting cuts? >> eric: because -- >> bob: i told you. reagan cut and -- >> eric: talk aboutbe what this is. this is, first, does nine...
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bush did, winning 300,000 vote victory in ohio. and. neil: no automatic anything? >> no, he will be outside. they will never open the provisionals. neil: it looks leaser than that right now. >> but here is what is going on, in ohio, it is two states, a northern democratic state, and a southern republican state. we got the vote in the south by and large, in the north. mitt romney will lose big there. neil: what happened? >> well, i think simplest way to explain ohio, is that starting in april, barack obama ran millions of dollars a month in very negative attack ads to mitt romney's character, his bank accounts, who he is, they took all those months, while romney was trying it get going, they blew up his character in the state, they put a very specific plan, that is block romney in ohio, as lou said before, it went unanswered for a long time. so that attitude may not have hardened nationally, democrats put a focus on ohio, getting the job done. neil: to your point about playing it too cautious. lou: this campaign of governor romney's will be second guessed endlessly
bush did, winning 300,000 vote victory in ohio. and. neil: no automatic anything? >> no, he will be outside. they will never open the provisionals. neil: it looks leaser than that right now. >> but here is what is going on, in ohio, it is two states, a northern democratic state, and a southern republican state. we got the vote in the south by and large, in the north. mitt romney will lose big there. neil: what happened? >> well, i think simplest way to explain ohio, is that...
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that's restoring the bush era tax cuts. okay. what about for real dollars? percentages is one thing. if you're in that 0 to 20,000 bucket, we're going to build this up from all of the different things that are going to happen. first you have the health care tax. that affects those in the top quintile. then we go to the tax extenders. those are things like amt, rnd. they build up the taxes. the bush tax cuts expire. that raises them this amount. payroll tax cuts, they go away. some of the recovery tax relief goes away as well. here are your numbers. if you're in the 0 to 20,000 bucket of income, on average about $400 extra that taxes. 20 to 40, about $1200. 40 to 64,000, that's the middle group, about $2,000 up on average. 3500 in the fourth quintile. there, $14,000 would be in the final quintile. if you're in this area, don't get too worried. that's going to include also the top 1%. that's part of this last quintile. up $120,000 if you're in $380,000 in the top 1% or higher. that's all the way up to $200 million or more depending upon what you're making. so
that's restoring the bush era tax cuts. okay. what about for real dollars? percentages is one thing. if you're in that 0 to 20,000 bucket, we're going to build this up from all of the different things that are going to happen. first you have the health care tax. that affects those in the top quintile. then we go to the tax extenders. those are things like amt, rnd. they build up the taxes. the bush tax cuts expire. that raises them this amount. payroll tax cuts, they go away. some of the...
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bush hospitalized. we will bring you the very latest on his condition. >>> and the battle of coworkers versus cosmetic enhancements as one teachers' union opts to layoff some of its staffers to keep a health care plan that they love because it pays for liposuction. ♪ are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today. @i've been a superintendent for 30 some years at many different park service units across the united states. the only time i've ever had a break is when i was on maternity leave. i have retired from doing this one thing that i loved. now, i'm going to be able to have the time to explore something different. it's like another chapter. we have big dreams. one is for a clean, domestic energy future that puts us in control. our abundant natural gas is already saving us money, producing cleaner electricity, putting us to work here i
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> jeb bush. >> voters will identify with the name bush. >> mark rubio. lou: a young untested senator with potential. one of the most effective communicators they heard, but republican party has to have leadership that will develop him, and let him reach his potential. >> what about a business guy running again? did mitt romney -- >> i don't think it had anything to do with it. lou: i think we've done it with ceo presidents. neil: and ceo mayor. lou: i am partial. neil: does that mean that message avoid those guys like playing, a new younger generation of whatever. >> i think that republicans have to turn the page, find someone to reach out to younger voters, republican go better with younger voters but still -- >> what about president obama in a second term. they are worse for presidents, what about this one? >> actually, high could move to middle. he could learn his lesson from what i think was a disasterrous first term. neil: he has little reason to do that. >> i think he will. neil: why. >> he wants a legacy, and he has shown he is willing to take on
> jeb bush. >> voters will identify with the name bush. >> mark rubio. lou: a young untested senator with potential. one of the most effective communicators they heard, but republican party has to have leadership that will develop him, and let him reach his potential. >> what about a business guy running again? did mitt romney -- >> i don't think it had anything to do with it. lou: i think we've done it with ceo presidents. neil: and ceo mayor. lou: i am partial....
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bush. this is turning into a bit of a proxy election pitting clinton against george w. bush. from here tonight they're saying and expecting a very late night. of course positive vibes coming out of the campaign, but still early here. they have not quite even let their supporters in yet. we are expecting near shortly. neil: let's switch over to romney headquarters in boston. >> well, i have to tell you, people are streaming into this room right now. you can see over my shoulder, the states they have been setting all afternoon long. we have as many as 5,000 folks who have volunteered for mitt romney who are on hand. the candidate himself just came into this building actually in the hotel attached to this area. we will not see him for some time to come. here's what people are telling us about what is going on across the country in polls, ballots. it is all about voter intensity. it's all about the excitement, about the campaign, and we are hearing from the attorney general in virginia and florida that they are seeing a lot of momentum on this side of the republicans. and just li
bush. this is turning into a bit of a proxy election pitting clinton against george w. bush. from here tonight they're saying and expecting a very late night. of course positive vibes coming out of the campaign, but still early here. they have not quite even let their supporters in yet. we are expecting near shortly. neil: let's switch over to romney headquarters in boston. >> well, i have to tell you, people are streaming into this room right now. you can see over my shoulder, the states...
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the bush administration made a lot of mistakes. when i went to iraq with john mccain, we didn't come back and say all was well. john mccain asked for rumsfeld to resign. the storyline given by the bush administration wasn't accurate based by what we saw on the ground. the storyline given by this administration about libya doesn't match up with what happened on the ground. >> greta: doesn't match up, or a lie and deceitful? >> that's what we're trying to figure out. the more i look into what we were telling us on the 16th, the 18th, the 25th, days after the attack, the more it sounds like a political smoke screen. >> greta: are you going to ask probing question? >> we would be well served to have one group of senators from all the relevant committees interview each witness, compare notes. the d.o.d., department of state, cia, should be interviewed by select committees to get the same story from each group >> okay, the fiscal cliff, if we don't do something by the end of the year, taxes go up on everybody. the child tax change, the m
the bush administration made a lot of mistakes. when i went to iraq with john mccain, we didn't come back and say all was well. john mccain asked for rumsfeld to resign. the storyline given by the bush administration wasn't accurate based by what we saw on the ground. the storyline given by this administration about libya doesn't match up with what happened on the ground. >> greta: doesn't match up, or a lie and deceitful? >> that's what we're trying to figure out. the more i look...
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a tape back from the bush tax cuts from the top. this is it. it means people know we have a president now who's ready to stand his ground, for jobs, for growth, but not the bush/romney way. no more trickle down now that the people of this country have sent their message from the top up. he will be a democratic president. he will be fair on taxes. he will use those taxes to rebuild this country and educate it up to the tough competition we face in this 21st century. rock solid he is. backed again by a majority of the american people. indeed, re-elected as the only second democrat since the civil war with two majority elections. the other, of course, is fdr. with an updated mandate he is back. some ready to deal, others hiding in their bunkers, waiting for something, anything to save them from the terrifying sight of the 21st century. i'm joined by dee dee myers, former press secretary and the author of the e book "47%." the president stressed he's willing to compromise to avoid the consequence of going over that so-called fiscal cliff at the end
a tape back from the bush tax cuts from the top. this is it. it means people know we have a president now who's ready to stand his ground, for jobs, for growth, but not the bush/romney way. no more trickle down now that the people of this country have sent their message from the top up. he will be a democratic president. he will be fair on taxes. he will use those taxes to rebuild this country and educate it up to the tough competition we face in this 21st century. rock solid he is. backed...
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the bush family, george w. bush, j jeb bush and the nextgen rags gn of them, including george p. bush in texas and half-mexican, have to bring the republican party back to their senses on latinos. george w. bush in 2004 got almost 40% of the hispanic vote. i think that mitt romney got 25, 26, 27%. they've got to turn that around at the grassroots and it's gog to work its way from the bottom up. the tea party people won't make it ha happen. >> the gop lost because they failed to recognize and deal with long-term demographics trends. the white part of the electorate has been steadily dropping for decades. the latino and black electorate will continue to rise. they're a mad men party in aa "modern family" world. the president should shove it in their face. put massive immigration reform on the table right away and either get what latinos in america need or force the gop to again rebrand themselves at anti-latino and deal with that in 2014 and 2016. what do you think about that as a strategy? >> i think that's a nice thing to say, and i agree with you you on the sentiment. i think in
the bush family, george w. bush, j jeb bush and the nextgen rags gn of them, including george p. bush in texas and half-mexican, have to bring the republican party back to their senses on latinos. george w. bush in 2004 got almost 40% of the hispanic vote. i think that mitt romney got 25, 26, 27%. they've got to turn that around at the grassroots and it's gog to work its way from the bottom up. the tea party people won't make it ha happen. >> the gop lost because they failed to recognize...
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bush wasn't because it was, you know, out of the sky. he actually worked for it and remember, that the last immigration proposal had that was seriously discussed on capitol hill was done under george w. bush. and he pushed very hard for that kennedy mccain bill which didn't pass. so, you know, there is a change, semantics and then actions maybe they can get 44% of the vote next time around. >> one thing is for sure, it is a very grand elle fante, 3,000 pounds, 8,000 pounds. >> correct amente. >> you can catch jose diaz-balart every night at 6:30 p.m. eastern on our sister network telemundo. thank you as always. thank you to my friends here in new york, david, benjamin, joy and richard. i will see you back here tomorrow at noon eastern, 9:00 a.m. pacific when joined by the governor of "now," former governor ed rendell, maggie haberman and eric baits, my interview with senator patty murray. check out photos of us playing with our new office toys on facebook.com/now with alex. "andrea mitchell reports" is coming up next. humans -- even when
bush wasn't because it was, you know, out of the sky. he actually worked for it and remember, that the last immigration proposal had that was seriously discussed on capitol hill was done under george w. bush. and he pushed very hard for that kennedy mccain bill which didn't pass. so, you know, there is a change, semantics and then actions maybe they can get 44% of the vote next time around. >> one thing is for sure, it is a very grand elle fante, 3,000 pounds, 8,000 pounds. >>...
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if the tax cuts, bush tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% a allowed to expire that $827 billion. melissa: that is the other side. that is not your side. i appreciate what you're saying. seems like everybody has to put something on the table here. just sort of soaking the rich isn't even going to close the whole gap. >> well, we can close the whole gap. that $1.7 billion did impact the middle class immensely. 400,000 educators lost their jobs. class sizes went up. programs were eliminated. so they have. but you know, not only the tax cuts on the wealthiest 2% if those expire, if we close loopholes that allow profits from offshore not be taxed at all. if we close loopholes that corporations who make billions pay zero, that is another 268 billion. talk about tax fairness. melissa: that is still the other side. is there one thing that you could get from your side? is there a cut own your side? is there anything you can contribute to the table? if we told everyone you have to put something on the table what would your thing be? >> my point that we already put it on the table and it ha
if the tax cuts, bush tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% a allowed to expire that $827 billion. melissa: that is the other side. that is not your side. i appreciate what you're saying. seems like everybody has to put something on the table here. just sort of soaking the rich isn't even going to close the whole gap. >> well, we can close the whole gap. that $1.7 billion did impact the middle class immensely. 400,000 educators lost their jobs. class sizes went up. programs were eliminated. so...
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we have a former deputy assistant secretary of defense under president bush, the first president bush, and a senior fellow at the heritage foundation and a former c.i.a. operations officer. you have been listening to a lot of the program. your thoughts on the resignation? >>guest: it obviously a personal tragedy for him but the issue in my view is righting the shift and moving it in the right direction. the c.i.a. is very important to the national security of this country if you look around the world whether you are talking about terrorism, we have troops in afghanistan, iran's nuclear program, the rise of china, there are so many national security challenges we have out there, syria, it is really important they find the next leader of this organization and continue the important work they are doing without interruption. >>trace: give us your understanding about the transition and how quickly this takes place. >>guest: he has a director, deputy director and executive director. people that can step in, in the short-term, but we don't want it to get in the way of the work of the agency.
we have a former deputy assistant secretary of defense under president bush, the first president bush, and a senior fellow at the heritage foundation and a former c.i.a. operations officer. you have been listening to a lot of the program. your thoughts on the resignation? >>guest: it obviously a personal tragedy for him but the issue in my view is righting the shift and moving it in the right direction. the c.i.a. is very important to the national security of this country if you look...
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and i think he will demonstrate that before december 31st ofhen the bush about to expire and of course obama says let them expire for those who are the will be able to succ i also think tha a better t other elected types in washington, d.c. be they republicans or mocrats. and i think he will employ that tremendous community organizing him so successfully into the world of poi think he will implore that as he goes about doing the job that needs to that catches my eye out of the corner of my eye, we have the numbers fromd. anhe big points. just below 13,000. a booming number at 13,000, but of 300 points. why? >> i don't know what else is going on in the market b point for the market in the obama term was 5,600 in march of '09. whatever the fluctuations are, the market's done really well over the last four years under the president. last night. and what doe that mean going forward? obviousln are not represented enough in elected offices, but it was pretty sweeping last night for): mccaskill, for warren. big night. >> absolutely. i think it's part of this demographic shift that w know has
and i think he will demonstrate that before december 31st ofhen the bush about to expire and of course obama says let them expire for those who are the will be able to succ i also think tha a better t other elected types in washington, d.c. be they republicans or mocrats. and i think he will employ that tremendous community organizing him so successfully into the world of poi think he will implore that as he goes about doing the job that needs to that catches my eye out of the corner of my eye,...
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what i would like to see is i would like to see the bush tax rates continue as they are. however, give the process, give the country north of a trillion dollars. but do it by getting rid of all the deductions and loopholes that comprise 70,000 pages of the tax code. and you can do it, these are the plans that are being offered. and that is the sensible way to create revenues and less impair growth. >> okay, steve, if you were in that room, that was on the table, what would you say? >> i would say you need to have a compromise more in the middle. you need to have a package. spending is not the only problem, spending is a problem, i would agree with that. but as i said before, we had tax cuts in the early part of the century, that we couldn't afford. it has to come from both sides. as far as where it comes from on the revenue side i believe it should come from the wealthy, from the top 2% of the americans. that is the group, and i'm happy i'm a part of it, emil is a part of it, i'm sure you're a part of it, piers, that benefitted the most. the average american is behind. i
what i would like to see is i would like to see the bush tax rates continue as they are. however, give the process, give the country north of a trillion dollars. but do it by getting rid of all the deductions and loopholes that comprise 70,000 pages of the tax code. and you can do it, these are the plans that are being offered. and that is the sensible way to create revenues and less impair growth. >> okay, steve, if you were in that room, that was on the table, what would you say?...
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bush, who got re-elected, he said i'm not going along with that. >> and do you agree with me boehner and the republicans need to hold the line? >> i'm in favor of one that will have more revenue by economic growth. >> open up drilling. wouldn't cost the taxpayer a dime. thanks for being with us. coming up, an actress that dared to announce she was voting for mitt romney and paul ryan. she joins us next. and dave gutfeld debuts his new book, the joy of hate. straight ahead. it'that time of. time for cii price rewind. because your daughter really wants that pink castle thing. and you really don't want to pay more than you have to. only citi price rewind automatically searches for the lowest price. and it finds one, you get refunded the difference. just use your citi card and register your purchase online. have a super sparkly day! ok. [ male announcer ] now all you need is a magic carriage. citi price rewind. buy now. save later. citi price rewind. ♪ ♪ we're lucky, it's not every day you find a companion as loyal as a subaru. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. >> no secret t
bush, who got re-elected, he said i'm not going along with that. >> and do you agree with me boehner and the republicans need to hold the line? >> i'm in favor of one that will have more revenue by economic growth. >> open up drilling. wouldn't cost the taxpayer a dime. thanks for being with us. coming up, an actress that dared to announce she was voting for mitt romney and paul ryan. she joins us next. and dave gutfeld debuts his new book, the joy of hate. straight ahead....
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he headed back into the bush where now he may be able to live out his days in peace. cbs news, kenya. >> so who is buying those illegal elephant tasks? tomorrow holly williams goes undercover to track the black market in ivory. and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. for all of us at cbs news, all around the world, good night. >>> good evening. i'm allen martin. >> i'm dana king. think your state or county or city needs to cut pension costs? that may very well be the case. >> but tonight there is a word of warning from a bay area city that thinks it may have done too much pension reform. phil matier on the cost of cutting back. >> reporter: that's right. here in antioch they are having second thoughts about the health reform they helped initiate when they are staring at the financial cliff. the question is are they willing to change it? here is the story. like a lot of california communities, antioch has had to tighten its belt in the recent years and some of the biggest cuts are to police who are down to 74 officers for a population of 104,000. >> we are definit
he headed back into the bush where now he may be able to live out his days in peace. cbs news, kenya. >> so who is buying those illegal elephant tasks? tomorrow holly williams goes undercover to track the black market in ivory. and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. for all of us at cbs news, all around the world, good night. >>> good evening. i'm allen martin. >> i'm dana king. think your state or county or city needs to cut pension costs? that may very well be the...
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the legislation or in many cases president bush's judicial nominees. and there was discussion -- there was discussion among republicans about getting rid of the filibuster it was never meant for this purpose. let's blow it up. let many get rid of it. and at the time this is what then senator obama said. everyone in this chamber the senate knows if the majority chooses to end the filibuster, then the fighting, birthsmen and gridlock will only get worse. i know republicans are getting lot of pressure to do this. we need to rise above the ends justify the means to all the people, not just those wearing our particular party label. times have changes. >> hare said that would be a sheer act of quote brute force. so they obviously changed their position. and they are changing their position when since 1917, the filibuster as we know it has been in effect. there have been filibusters since the beginning of our congressional session since the found of our country. but the current rules requiring filibusters have been in place since 1917. megyn: our viewers may
the legislation or in many cases president bush's judicial nominees. and there was discussion -- there was discussion among republicans about getting rid of the filibuster it was never meant for this purpose. let's blow it up. let many get rid of it. and at the time this is what then senator obama said. everyone in this chamber the senate knows if the majority chooses to end the filibuster, then the fighting, birthsmen and gridlock will only get worse. i know republicans are getting lot of...
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bush. he is currentfully stable condition after being admitted to the methodist hospital in houston, texas, for treatment of a lingering cough. he is 88 years old and has been in and out of the hospital with lingering pull mo noir issues. your thoughts on him quickly. >> dana: good news today because i talked to somebody close to him on his staff and said he had bronchitis and they were worried that it might turn in to pneumonia. but he is doing great because the hospital staff is charmed. feeling better. wish him the best. >> eric: all the best. feel better. our prayers and our hearts go out. keep you up to date on the story. president obama had an interesting lunch today. governor romney spent an hour or so at 1600 pennsylvania avenue we check it out and found the practice is pretty darn common. look at the pictures. president obama with john mccain in 2008. bush and clinton in '92. bush and dukakis in '88. carter and reagan in 198. oddly enough, though, bob there was one loser we couldn'
bush. he is currentfully stable condition after being admitted to the methodist hospital in houston, texas, for treatment of a lingering cough. he is 88 years old and has been in and out of the hospital with lingering pull mo noir issues. your thoughts on him quickly. >> dana: good news today because i talked to somebody close to him on his staff and said he had bronchitis and they were worried that it might turn in to pneumonia. but he is doing great because the hospital staff is...
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. >> george bush, if you want to go back there -- >> it always goes back to george bush. megyn: i don't really want to go back to that subject. >> was able to do a lot of things despite the fact he certainly did not win the popular vote. megyn: i do want to go back to jerry and why his parents when when -- when his last name was already mander -- [laughter] >> you are loving this joke. megyn: i know. i'm the only one. i'm a little tired. she's saying the republicans changed the lines of districts and gave them an electoral college advantage, and president obama lost certain votes because the lines of the maps were redrawn. you know, either party that's in power does it every time. i've gotta go. and that will conclude today's weird history lesson. [laughter] thank you, guys. >> thank you very much, megyn. megyn: see you. >>> well, hours before tuesday's election, americas most important mideast ally warned that it will go it alone against iran if need be. ambassador john bolton is next with a guide to the postelection reality in the middle east. >>> and victims of hurrica
. >> george bush, if you want to go back there -- >> it always goes back to george bush. megyn: i don't really want to go back to that subject. >> was able to do a lot of things despite the fact he certainly did not win the popular vote. megyn: i do want to go back to jerry and why his parents when when -- when his last name was already mander -- [laughter] >> you are loving this joke. megyn: i know. i'm the only one. i'm a little tired. she's saying the republicans...
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this is big news. >>> to politics now where a bush could be getting ready to run. george p. bush. his dad is former governor jeb bush. it's not clear what office the 36-year-old might want but he had an eye on a couple statewide offices. >>> charles darwin got 4,000 write-in votes in a georgia congressional race. they denounced evolution in september and even though he ran unopposed they encouraged the write-in campaign. and can you imagine mitch mcconnell versus ashley judd? >>> if you read only one thing this morning, "time" magazine answers an interesting question. did the $6 billion in campaign spending at least help the economy or did it just annoy all of us? i added that last part. it's up on our facebook page. and a trip to the one place with the new ideas that help us pull it all together. from the things that hang and shine... ...to the things that sparkle and jingle. all while saving the things that go in our wallet. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. right now, get an assortment of martha stewart living ornamen,s free when you purchase select a
this is big news. >>> to politics now where a bush could be getting ready to run. george p. bush. his dad is former governor jeb bush. it's not clear what office the 36-year-old might want but he had an eye on a couple statewide offices. >>> charles darwin got 4,000 write-in votes in a georgia congressional race. they denounced evolution in september and even though he ran unopposed they encouraged the write-in campaign. and can you imagine mitch mcconnell versus ashley judd?...
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this gentleman in 2006, received a purple heart from, from president bush 43, right? sandra: go ahead. >> three weeks ago, four weeks ago he stood again in front of the president bush on his own two feet. standing on his own merit, giving up government subsidies to reenter the workforce and demonstrate to his three children and rest of the world that a disabled veteran falls off the bike to get back on. he is capable professional. works in the capital markets department. very proud to have him as friend. very proud to have him as a colleague. sandra: on the veterans day is there a message you could send out to small businesses or big businesses why they should follow your same gameplan? >> these last couple days are interesting. we get opportunity to reflect on veterans and people that serve and sacrifice so significantly. hopefully we spend a lot of time valuing the families who supported them and their support is so essential to their success on the battlefield. that's great. to anybody at home who has stood up for a veteran these last few days, clapped for a vetera
this gentleman in 2006, received a purple heart from, from president bush 43, right? sandra: go ahead. >> three weeks ago, four weeks ago he stood again in front of the president bush on his own two feet. standing on his own merit, giving up government subsidies to reenter the workforce and demonstrate to his three children and rest of the world that a disabled veteran falls off the bike to get back on. he is capable professional. works in the capital markets department. very proud to...
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when you look at bush/gore, for example. >> bush/gore was a bit awkward because gore thought he had lost the presidency because of the supreme court that he won but had he to do it and that's the main thing. you did have that main meeting between gore and bush. the worst one for awkwardness is ronald reagan when he beat carter in 1980. carter and reagan had zero chemistry and you have times when fdr, back in 1944, refused to talk. i want to see that s.o.b. dand e wouldn't meet him. the most generous i ever heard of was richard nixon in 1968 after beating hugh bert humphrey, visited humphrey and offered for him to be the ambassador and of course he said no. >> now, talking about offering a job, the president did say, james, that mr. romney had some good ideas in his post-election news conference. watch what the president said about mr. romney's idea. >> there may be ideas that he has with respect to jobs and growth that can help middle class families, which i want to hear. i'm not either prejudging what he's interested in doing nor am i suggesting i've got some specific assignment. but wh
when you look at bush/gore, for example. >> bush/gore was a bit awkward because gore thought he had lost the presidency because of the supreme court that he won but had he to do it and that's the main thing. you did have that main meeting between gore and bush. the worst one for awkwardness is ronald reagan when he beat carter in 1980. carter and reagan had zero chemistry and you have times when fdr, back in 1944, refused to talk. i want to see that s.o.b. dand e wouldn't meet him. the...
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bush isn't stumping. he's in the cayman islands, not welcome news if you're mitt romney and have money stashed down there. tonight bush is the keynote speaker at something called the cayman alternative investment summit. according to the summit website, institutional investors, private investors, asset allocators, fund managers, academics will benefit from the discussion on the future of the industry. it costs 4,000 bucks to attend. we wish we had more details to share with you, but organizers have been forbidden to disclose the information. in fact, a spokesman for the summit told "the associated press" organizers are forbidden to be talking about any aspect of the speech, even in general terms. quote, we've got a complete blackout on discussing the bush details. gosh, that sounds familiar, doesn't it? those restrictions were imposed by the former president's staff. well, some things never change. this is an admission that the gop brand is, what? it's severely damaged. the republicans don't even have a f
bush isn't stumping. he's in the cayman islands, not welcome news if you're mitt romney and have money stashed down there. tonight bush is the keynote speaker at something called the cayman alternative investment summit. according to the summit website, institutional investors, private investors, asset allocators, fund managers, academics will benefit from the discussion on the future of the industry. it costs 4,000 bucks to attend. we wish we had more details to share with you, but organizers...
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. >> the way bush has done the last eight years, take out a credit card from the bank of china, in the name of our children, driving up our national debt from $5 trillion for the first 42 presidents, number 43 added $4 trillion by his lonesome, so we now have over $9 trillion of debt we have to pay back. $30,000 for every man, woman and child. that's irresponsible. that's unpatriotic. >> sean: $4 trillion, his lonesome? you've given us $6 trillion. by the way, that $4 trillion was in eight years, not four. unpatriotic? that was when the debt was only $9 trillion. nowadays we're looking at $16.3 trillion. thanks to the tax and spend agenda of president obama there's no end in sight. if he's serious about tackling the debt, he'd be talking about reining in spending, but he's hell-bent on one thing, raising your taxes. by the way, don't dare thing for one minute, or believe the hype, that this is only going to affect the so-called rich. this white house is willing to put any and all tax breaks on the table, including letting the payroll tax cut expire. that would move would affect all ame
. >> the way bush has done the last eight years, take out a credit card from the bank of china, in the name of our children, driving up our national debt from $5 trillion for the first 42 presidents, number 43 added $4 trillion by his lonesome, so we now have over $9 trillion of debt we have to pay back. $30,000 for every man, woman and child. that's irresponsible. that's unpatriotic. >> sean: $4 trillion, his lonesome? you've given us $6 trillion. by the way, that $4 trillion was...
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bush after he was reelected. george w. bush took off an a tour of the country at the start of his second term. what president bush was barn storming the country with to call americans to action about was his idea we should privatize social security. >> i like going around the country. i am going to keep telling people we've got a problem until it sinks in. >> it did not sink in and we did not turn social security over to wall street the way president bush suggested. that is less a caution for the current president, that president's broadly speaking shouldn't try to involve their public in their policy causes. it seems less a caution for president's broadly speaking on trying to do that than it is a specific cautionary tale about trying to involve the public in your cause when the public hates your cause, when the public doesn't agree with you. president obama has the public on his side. president george w. bush was touring the country behind an idea that was wildly unpopular. for president obama, people already like his id
bush after he was reelected. george w. bush took off an a tour of the country at the start of his second term. what president bush was barn storming the country with to call americans to action about was his idea we should privatize social security. >> i like going around the country. i am going to keep telling people we've got a problem until it sinks in. >> it did not sink in and we did not turn social security over to wall street the way president bush suggested. that is less a...
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bush and al gore, the latter having won the popular vote but losing the supreme court decision. and that was a cold day, you can see by the snow. sometimes the winner has more than a handshake for the runner up. look at president clinton bess towing the medal of freedom on world war ii veteran bob dole. that's just weeks after re-election back in 1996. why do i show you all of these? because it all brings me to a very special party of two having lunch next hour at the white house. president obama, as promised, in his victory speech 23 days ago, is hosting mitt romney, who has made no secret that he really thought that it would be the other way around. and our dan lothian is counting down the minutes, standing by at the white house, even though, dan, you are not invited to the luncheon, nor am i or anyone else at the camera, a mic or even a pen. why is it so private? >> reporter: that's right. oftentimes, the president will have meetings here at the white house, lunches or official meetings, where the president is not invited in. our cameras are not allowed in. sometimes our came
bush and al gore, the latter having won the popular vote but losing the supreme court decision. and that was a cold day, you can see by the snow. sometimes the winner has more than a handshake for the runner up. look at president clinton bess towing the medal of freedom on world war ii veteran bob dole. that's just weeks after re-election back in 1996. why do i show you all of these? because it all brings me to a very special party of two having lunch next hour at the white house. president...
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. >> but the bush white house said no to a 9/11 commission. >> we made the determination at< the time that there were more immediate things we need to do. >> the white house lobbied against the 9/11 commission's creation because they really didn't want a whole lot of information coming out because everywhere you looked, every rock you turned over, it stunk, and it looked read. >> some people felt that a commission would uncover misdeeds or carelessness of people in the administration that would be embarrassing to them. >> i was stunned. w could we not have an investigation? why would there be a delay in this? it was something that we just could not understand. >> senators john mccain and joe lieberman supported the families in their effort. >> joe and i decided to introduce a resolution that called for the appointment of a commission. >> mccain and i, the families %e punishing it, and then finally the administration said, okay, we'll support a commission. >> then there was a phone call from apparently vice president cheney to someone i think on the house side that the conditions were
. >> but the bush white house said no to a 9/11 commission. >> we made the determination at< the time that there were more immediate things we need to do. >> the white house lobbied against the 9/11 commission's creation because they really didn't want a whole lot of information coming out because everywhere you looked, every rock you turned over, it stunk, and it looked read. >> some people felt that a commission would uncover misdeeds or carelessness of people in...
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the real problem is two unfunded wars from the bush years, the bush tax cuts, and the give away to big pharma. senator mcconnell, it seems to me like he's up to something here. he knows how far senator bernie sanders and other democrats are going to defend the big three. senator mcconnell is hoping to get the democrats fighting one another on this, over the entitlement reform. but do we have common ground here on day one, let's bring in congressman chris van hollen of maryland. great to have you with us tonight. >> always good to be with you. >> do we have positive move forward? we're hearing republicans say they will give up some revenue. your take on it. >> as you said, ed, most of them are saying the right thing, but the devil is always in the details. and it's important to remember that we already had a trillion dollars worth of cuts to the budget as part of the budget control act. now it's time to take the balanced approach and important to put revenue on the table. we're asking them to contribute more. so that's what the president talked about during the presidential campaign. he
the real problem is two unfunded wars from the bush years, the bush tax cuts, and the give away to big pharma. senator mcconnell, it seems to me like he's up to something here. he knows how far senator bernie sanders and other democrats are going to defend the big three. senator mcconnell is hoping to get the democrats fighting one another on this, over the entitlement reform. but do we have common ground here on day one, let's bring in congressman chris van hollen of maryland. great to have...
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president bush did not go out that night. i made the phone call. my wife took the phone call and i said i just heard the kerry people are going to contest the provisional so you may want to think about to tell the president before he goes out. i did write a book. the science shows voting as a young person does indicate how you vote at 24 indicates how you vote at 54. >> we've all wrote books about this. other issue is we have hispanics. about 25% voted for mitt romney this time. down in 2004 from 40%, maybe 44% for the republican party. clearly the republican party has work to do. president obama won 12 points women. he increased his margin on women. we've got to start thinking about how to grow the party. >> i want to put up some of those numbers on ballot initiatives on the state. >> i really agree with margaret on this particular point. the tea party is allegedly libertarian and doesn't care about social issues but then you have problems on the social issue side. if you didn't have akin who were saying things about women you would have a differe
president bush did not go out that night. i made the phone call. my wife took the phone call and i said i just heard the kerry people are going to contest the provisional so you may want to think about to tell the president before he goes out. i did write a book. the science shows voting as a young person does indicate how you vote at 24 indicates how you vote at 54. >> we've all wrote books about this. other issue is we have hispanics. about 25% voted for mitt romney this time. down in...
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at the base of what's being called a drastic plan, letting bush-era tax cuts expire. that leaves $221 billion in the government covers. as i mentioned, at the cost of higher taxes for almost everyone. what's being called sequestration, that reduces costs by $65 billion. those mandatory cuts to defense and to general spending include items like education and veterans benefits. a third cost reduction, the payroll tax holiday, that expires. $95 billion is saved there. finally, the other category here on top, that includes a mix of emergency employment benefits, health care and tax cuts, and benefits. all of those end. that saves the largest chunk. if all of that happens, next year's deficit improves $607 billion. the deficit would go down almost 40%, but it's only good on paper. it would come at a price, a great price that the economy would basically go over, as you saw, a fiscal cliff. and the paradox here, chris, despite reducing the deficit here, the plan cuts provoke recession, higher unemployment, and a cut in the u.s. credit rating perhaps. >> i'm not going to slee
at the base of what's being called a drastic plan, letting bush-era tax cuts expire. that leaves $221 billion in the government covers. as i mentioned, at the cost of higher taxes for almost everyone. what's being called sequestration, that reduces costs by $65 billion. those mandatory cuts to defense and to general spending include items like education and veterans benefits. a third cost reduction, the payroll tax holiday, that expires. $95 billion is saved there. finally, the other category...